India, Feb. 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, today launched Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II), at a cost of Rs.6,839 crore, in Nathanpur village of Assam. On this occasion, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Home Secretary and several other dignitaries were present.

In his address, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah stated that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has taken an initiative and made an effort to provide similar facilities in all villages of the Barak Valley and the border districts of Assam, like other villages across India, through the Vibrant Villages- II programme being launched today. He said ...